TANGGAPAN NG PANGULO NG PILIPINAS

(OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES)

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 981

AUTHORIZING ATTENDANCE IN THE 13TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE PHILIPPINE GUIDANCE AND PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION, INC.

The Philippine Guidance and Personnel Association, Inc. (PGPA) will hold its 13th Annual National Convention in Manila on May 13-15, 1977.

Guidance counselors, educators and psychologists from both the public and private schools of the Philippines will participate as speakers, discussants and delegates. The convention will upgrade the competencies of guidance counselors in the utilization of tools and techniques used in the different phases of personal work.

In view hereof, the attendance of not more than two (2) guidance counselors each in the public schools within the Metropolitan Manila in the said convention is hereby authorized on official time with entitlement to a convention fee of ₱60.00 per participant, chargeable against the appropriations of their respective schools, in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 344 dated. November 26, 1973, an implemented by COA General Circular No. 127, series of 1973, subject to the availability of funds and the usual accounting and auditing requirements, as an exception to Memorandum Circular No. 593 of this Office dated August 8, 1972.

The participants shall submit to their reflective school heads a report on their attendance in the convention within thirty (30) days after the termination thereof.

(SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant

Manila, April 29, 1977

Source: Presidential Management Staff